Provan@LLL-MFE.ARPA (11/02/84)
The Brecker Brothers do great stuff, if you like to dance to your jazz.
Pawka <PAWKA@NOSC-TECR.ARPA> (11/02/84)
I missed the original request for this subject, could whoever originated it send me a copy. I have about 300 Jazz albums, so I need a little hint as to what musical tastes are involved. Mike ------
Pawka <PAWKA@nosc-tecr.ARPA> (11/13/84)
To: Tom Haapanen University of Waterloo Sorry to bother the whole list with this, but I don't know how to send to non-ARPA addresses (if it's possible at all). Here is a list of 10 Jazz albums which I would recommend. Most of this stuff is fairly commercial, easy to listen to but really good music (I think). Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group Earl Klugh - Finger Paintings (Get Mobile Fidelity verison if you can) Free Flight - Any of three albums (classical influences) Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance Grover Washington Jr.- Live at the Bijou David Sanborn - Back Street Weather Report - Mr. Gone (Despite Downbeat review) John Klemmer - Barefoot Ballet Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance Pieces of a Dream - Imagine This Mike PAWKA@NOSC-TECR <FLAMES welcome, I like mail> ------
gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (11/22/84)
I'm glad to see that someone mentioned SpyroGyra. Let me add:
SpyroGyra
SpyroGyra -- Catching the Sun
Crusaders -- Street Life (that may not be the title)
the album by Grover Washington Jr. with "Just the Two of Us" on it
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Baby tie your hair back in a long white bow ...
Meet me in the field, behind the dynamo ...
Greg Skinner (gregbo)
{allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbocuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick Cuccia) (11/22/84)
You want jazz albums? Here they come!! (1) Dave Brubeck Quartet: _Take Five_ (2) The Pat Metheny Group: _As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls_ (3) Bill Evans (piano, not sax): _The Tokyo Concert_ (4) Modern Jazz Quartet: _The Modern Jazz Quartet_ (Fantasy/Milestone/ Riverside twofer; contains earliest recordings of MJQ) (5) Steps Ahead: _Steps Ahead_ (6) Stan Getz/Cal Tjader Sextet (7) Keith Jarrett: _The Koln Concert_ (8) "The Quintet"(Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, etc.) (9) Mel Torme/George Shearing: _Top Drawer_ (10) Rare Silk: _New Weave_ (11, 12) The Singers Unlimited: _Christmas_, _In Tune_ (w/Oscar Peterson trio) (13) Johan Coltrane: _My Favorite Things_ (14) Jan Garbarek Quartet: _Picture with Red Roof..._ (15) Alive!: _Alive!_ Sorry that I put down more than ten. I'm more heavily into vocal/ choral jazz, but I also like the old stuff. Don't mean to advertise here, but I've found that some of the best of the jazz out of the fifties (both east coast and west coast variations) can be found in the Original Jazz Classics series, from Fantasy records. Fantasy and its subsidiaries (Milestone, Riverside, Galaxy, and Stax) must have one of the largest jazz archives around. The OJC series consists of re-released albums originally released in the late '40s/ 1950s, and are very affordable ($5.98 list, about $4.50 in the Berkeley record stores). --Nick Cuccia --ucbvax!cuccia --cuccia%ucbmiro@Berkeley
ronin@reed.UUCP (Colon) (11/26/84)
> I'm glad to see that someone mentioned SpyroGyra. Let me add: > > SpyroGyra > SpyroGyra -- Catching the Sun > > Crusaders -- Street Life (that may not be the title) > the album by Grover Washington Jr. with "Just the Two of Us" on it The Crusaders album is called Ghetto Blaster, and if you get the chance to see them in concert do so. They played at the Mount Hood Festival of Jazz, and you could not get enough. The album by Grover Washington Jr. is called Winelight, and I must admit that it is probably one of his best, but he has a lot of good ones. "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing..." Miguel C. !reed !ronin
PAWKA@nosc-tecr.ARPA (12/18/84)
>Dave Taylor claims 'Street Life' was the first album put out after they >changed their name from 'Jazz Crusaders' to the 'Crusaders' I have 5 or 6 albums that were put out before 'Street Life' that name the group 'Crusaders'. Does anyone have a discography to clarify this point? Was it 'Southern Comfort'? Mike < give the 5 points back!!> ------
dat@hpcnoe.UUCP (dat) (12/23/84)
> SpyroGyra -- Catching the Sun > Crusaders -- Street Life (that may not be the title) > the album by Grover Washington Jr. with "Just the Two of Us" on it Hokay, Catching the Sun is a decent album by the group SpyroGyra (trivia time: anyone know where they got their name from? 10 points for the first right answer by e-mail!) But...I personally feel that their first album, SpyroGyra (originally released on the Infinity label, but now repressed (uh, re-pressed) on MCA due to Infinitys' demise..., is by FAR the best stuff they ever came out with. Hmmm...The album by the Crusaders (trivia two: name the first album that this group came out with after they changed their name from the 'Jazz Crusaders'. This ones easy, so it's only 5 points!) is in fact called 'Street Life', and features, along with Felder, Sample and Hooper (the group) Randy Crawford on vocals on the title track. It's good stuff for the more 'lush' music that this group can produce... Finally, the album by Grover Washington Junior with the track 'Just the two of us' on it is called 'WineLight' and is a VEERRRRYYYY mellow album...quite nice music to sit by the fire with a hot cocoa in hand and whisper with someone you care about....(*sigh* what a tranquil picture!) Any other questions, gentlepeople? Dave Taylor Colorado Networks Operation also known as ..hpfcla!hpcnoe!veeger!eunich!{danger,premier,dat,root} and ..hpfcla!hpcnoe!{d_taylor,dat} etc.etc. (we have thousands of HP-UX machines here!) (well, hundreds....dozens??? Okay, I admit it! We have one HP-150 MAX with 5 megabytes of disk space and a VERY cunning uucp system!)